Freshly installed Debian 13 Linux on a server just uses 270MB of RAM. Of course, once I install PgSQL, Redis, Apache 2/Nginx or Lighttpd, Python/PHP/Docker, etc., it will eat up 10GB. It is amazing how much good Debian is as compared to other bloated OSes out there, and it is all free. I can't believe that. Thank you all Debian devs for keeping it real.
I deliberately avoided mentioning Windows Server or Windows 11 in the main post, sensing it would be an insult to the dedication of free software developers. The line between 'free' and 'fee' must be maintained, after all 😉 i shouldn't mix the good work of the community with the greedy corporations, that's just bad taste.
fun fact if i run the `btop` usage jump to 643MB but virtually there is no diff between top & htop. the `btop` is nice but a little bloated due to all fancy stuff.
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